Sean Mahoney is the Regional Chief Executive Officer for the American Red Cross Southern California Region, serving San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Imperial Counties. Sean joined the Red Cross in December 2017 and furthers the organization’s mission in the community by leading the region’s disaster preparedness initiatives, emergency relief efforts, service to the armed forces and more.
Mahoney brings significant leadership skills to the Red Cross, most recently serving as the Executive Director of zero8hundred, an organization he launched in 2015. An innovative non-profit, zero8hundred assists service members as they transition to civilian life after completing military service.
Mahoney is a veteran himself, having retired at the rank of Captain after 27 years in the United States Coast Guard. His service included shipboard experience and assignments piloting helicopters in Massachusetts, Oregon, California, Texas, and as an exchange officer to the Canadian Forces.
Mahoney also has a background in disaster relief, including direction of hurricane responses while assigned as the Commanding Officer of Air Station Houston. He served as the Director of Governmental and Public Relations for the Coast Guard’s 40-state Atlantic Area, and was then assigned to the Mid-Atlantic region, where he oversaw crisis management across six states and the western Atlantic.
Mahoney has lived in San Diego since 2011. His final assignment in the Coast Guard was as Captain of the Port and Commander of Coast Guard Sector San Diego, where he supervised personnel and assets that completed missions throughout southern California, Arizona, and southern Utah and Nevada.
Mahoney is a 1987 graduate of the US Coast Guard Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Government. He is a member of the San Diego Military Advisory Council, serves on the Board of Governors at the University Club and is a member of the Healthcare Committee at the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Sean and his wife Christine have been married for over 30 years. They have two adult daughters.
Malinda McDonald serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the American Red Cross Southern California Region, where she oversees the financial operations of the region and the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program.
Malinda joined the Red Cross in 1999 and was nationally recognized by the American Red Cross with the President’s Award for Employee Excellence for her extraordinary efforts in the professional/technical services area, most notably during the 2003 Cedar Fire. Malinda also played a major role in the finances and accounting of funds raised during the 2007 San Diego Wildfires in which the local Red Cross was given responsibility to oversee $26.5 million allocated for the Relief, Planning and Assistance program that ultimately helped more than 300 San Diegans recover. Additionally, she was acknowledged by the San Diego Business Journal as Chief Financial Officer of the Year in 2009 and received the 2017 Community Service Award.
A native San Diegan, Malinda brings a wealth of experience to the Red Cross, previously working for Community Health Group, KPMG and The Hahn Company. She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a degree from San Diego State University.
As the Regional Chief Development Officer, Glenn Maddalon works with external partners, corporations and individual donors to raise funds to support the American Red Cross mission.
Glenn has over 20 years of experience in nonprofit association and foundation management. As a long-time fundraising executive, Glenn has successfully led the fund development efforts of several national and local nonprofit organizations. Prior to joining the Red Cross, Glenn held positions at the MIND Research Institute, Community Hospital Foundation, American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society.
Glenn is engaged in the community and involved with numerous fundraising organizations, including the Clinton Global Initiative, Southern California Leadership Network, the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy.
Glenn holds a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of California Los Angeles, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from San Jose State University.
As the Regional Disaster Officer, Debbie oversees all regional response and preparedness teams, programs and services for the American Red Cross Southern California Region.
Debbie joined the organization in 1987 and started at the Red Cross as the first full-time Health and Safety staff instructor. Soon after, she was promoted to Associate Director of Corporate Training, eventually becoming the Director of Health, Safety and Preparedness Services. During this time, she led the department in developing programs and services unique to Orange County, including customized disaster preparedness programs, Business Emergency Response Team Training (BERTT), Disaster Recovery Alliance, Disaster Preparedness Academy, Super CPR Day, youth and senior preparedness programs and customized preparedness products.
In 2012, Debbie became the Regional Disaster Officer for the Desert to the Sea Region (now a part of the Southern California Region), playing a vital role in the regionalization of disaster services in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. In 2020, she assumed responsibility for disaster programs in San Diego & Imperial Counties to cover the entire Southern California Region. Debbie has also deployed to numerous national disasters.
Serving as the Regional Volunteer Officer for Desert to the Sea Region, Toni is responsible for strengthening and growing volunteer programs and services to meet the organization’s needs.
Beginning her Red Cross career as a youth volunteer in Cedar Rapids Iowa, Toni has experience representing various lines of service within the organization. She worked as a Blood Services tele-recruiter while in high school, and from 1990-1994 Toni was employed as a Blood Services Field Representative in Orange County, California.
After 20 years of building her career in large volunteer programs, services and management at various organizations in 2014, Toni returned to the Red Cross as the Regional Volunteer Director and in 2015 became the Regional Volunteer Officer.
Toni holds a Master’s of Science in Health Care Administration from Cal State Long beach and received an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Cal State Northridge.
Steve Alt is the Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) Regional Program Manager for the American Red Cross Southern California Region. Joining the Red Cross in March 2019, Steve leads the SAF department in providing Red Cross assistance to service members, veterans and their families throughout the Southern California Region, helping them prepare for, cope with and respond to the challenges of military service.
With 30 years of service in the U.S. Navy, Steve is an accomplished veteran with notable assignments including Command Master Chief on USS TORTUGA in Sasebo, Japan; Command Master Chief on USS MAKIN ISLAND in San Diego; and Command Master Chief of Naval Base Coronado, which is home to over 30,000 personnel.
Most recently, Steve served four years as the Veteran and Military Manager at 211 San Diego. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in services available to active duty service members, military veterans and their families.
Ann Anderson supports San Diego’s most vulnerable families as Director of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program within the American Red Cross of San Diego/Imperial Counties. Ann is responsible for leading approximately 60 employees, managing 11 WIC sites across San Diego County and overseeing a nearly $6 million budget.
American Red Cross WIC serves 20,000 people per month, providing them with nutrition education and breastfeeding support, along with benefits for healthy foods and referrals to valuable community resources. Also at the Red Cross, Ann previously managed the Services to the Armed Forces program before assuming her WIC duties in 2008.
Prior to entering the nonprofit sector, Ann worked at Xerox for 17 years including positions in Human Resources, Finance and Operations Management. She received her B.S. in Management from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y. and earned her M.S. in Executive Leadership from the University of San Diego.
Becky has been with the American Red Cross for over 15 years. She began her career in Biomedical Services as an Account Manager, where she secured community blood drive partners to meet local hospital needs in San Diego. She later became the Donor Resources Development Trainer for Southern California.
Prior to becoming Executive Director of the American Red Cross of Orange County, Becky served as a Biomedical Services District Manager, first in North Orange County then South Orange County and San Diego. In this role she started the Aztecs for Life and Celebration of Heroes blood drives, the two largest single-day Red Cross blood drives in California.
Becky received her undergraduate degree in Communication from the University of California, San Diego.
Lois Beckman began her American Red Cross career as the Riverside Chapter’s Development Officer and became the Executive Director in 2012.
Lois’ accomplishments include raising over $10 million and cultivating a national partnership with Circle K Stores which operates an in-store giving campaign that generates approximately $2 million annually.
Lois has an accomplished background of 20+ years of fundraising and nonprofit management experience with various local and national nonprofit organizations. She has completed nonprofit management and philanthropy programs at both Cal State Fullerton and La Sierra University.
Yevette Baysinger began her American Red Cross career in 2003 as Director of Fund Development for the San Bernardino Chapter and became the Executive Director in 2012.
Yevette successfully built and maintains key relationships with donors and community partners throughout the Inland Empire. She is responsible for establishing and growing several important partnerships, most significantly one with the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, who has supported the Red Cross mission at the local, national and international levels.
Prior to joining the Red Cross, Yevette was the Foundation Director for Parkview Community Hospital in Riverside, where she was responsible for community and government relations. Yevette is committed to being a life-long learner and has an MBA from CSU San Bernardino.